EMMER 195 



Ear bearded ; glumes white with dark margins, glabrous ; 

 awns black ; grain red. 



T. dicoccum, var. pseudo-uncinatum, mihi. 



This variety is similar to Form 2, var. uncinatum, but usually has a black 

 stripe along the outer margin of the empty glume ; in some seasons the whole 

 glume is a dark brown tint. It was obtained from the same source as Form 2, 

 var. uncinatum. 



Ear bearded ; glumes white, glabrous ; awns white ; grain violet. 



T. dicoccum, var. Arraseita, mihi. 



T. durum, var. Arraseita, Hochst ex Korn. Handb. d. Getr. i. 70 (1885). 



T. durum, var. Hildebrandti, Wittmack. Ber. Naturf.-Vers. Baden-Baden, 

 211(1879)?. 



T. " Eloboni," Caporn. Journal of Genetics, vii. 259 (1918). 



Hochstetter's plants were grown from a sample of violet-coloured grains sent 

 from Abyssinia by W. Schimper under the name " Arraseita." From the same 

 sample var. Schimperi (p. 196) was also obtained. 



Tukur Sinde (Fig. 130). This variety is a very distinct, early short-strawed 

 form with violet-coloured grain, received from Abyssinia under the name 

 ' Tukur Sinde." 



Young shoots, erect ; young leaves more or less pubescent. 



Straw, short to medium height, 76-90 cm. (about 30-36 inches) long, upper 

 internode solid. 



Ear, slender, narrow, 8-5-9 cm - l n g> compressed, 5-6 mm. across the face, 

 8-9 mm. across the side; spikelets 21, 2 -grained ; density variable = 20-30 ; 

 awns 10 cm. long. 



Empty glume, narrow, 9 mm. long ; sometimes with a dark marginal stripe, 

 apical tooth narrow, acute (2, 4, Fig. 125). 



Grain, narrow, a- rich purple tint when fresh ; 8-5-8-9 mm. long, 3-5 mm. 

 broad, 3-2 mm. thick. 



Ear bearded ; glumes white, pubescent ; grain white. 



T. dicoccum, var. tomentosum, mihi. 



A characteristic variety with somewhat dense narrow ears, received from 

 Abyssinia in a sample named Nach Sinde (i, Fig. 131). 



Young shoots, erect ; young leaves pubescent. 



Straw, slender, stiff, hollow with thick walls. 



Ear, small, dense, 5-6 cm. long, oblong in section, 8-9 mm. across the face, 

 ii mm. across the two-rowed side ; spikelets 19-20 ; D =35-36 ; awns 6-8 cm. 

 long. 



Empty glume, narrow, 9-10 mm. long, 2-2-5 mm - broad, apical tooth blunt, 

 short, curved outwards, secondary notch and vein prominent (6, Fig. 125). 



Grain, white or amber, flinty, compressed laterally, apex blunt, brush very 

 short ; 7-7 mm. long, 2-4-2-7 mm. broad, 2-9-3-1 mm. thick. 



